DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council District 10
SUBJECT:
Real Estate Disposition: Sale of City owned property located near Broadway Street and Tesoro Drive
SUMMARY:
An ordinance declaring as surplus an unimproved parcel of land located near Broadway Street and Tesoro Drive, in Council District 10 and authorizing its sale to the North East Independent School District (NEISD) for a total of $550.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Under Municipal Code, all city property must be declared as surplus prior to the disposition of the property. The request to declare property as surplus must be submitted to the Department of Transportation & Capital Improvements, Real Estate Division, then the request and exhibits are sent to departments and municipal utilities that provide services to, or construct infrastructure on the properties. The departments and municipal utilities respond if there is a need for the property or if the property can be disposed of.
North East Independent School District (NEISD), Petitioner, is requesting that the City of San Antonio declare as surplus and sell an unimproved 0.092 of an acre (4,007 sq. ft.) tract of City owned land located adjacent to their administrative offices at 8961 Tesoro Drive. As shown on attached Exhibit A, the parcel is landlocked by a 40 foot drainage channel and an "L" shaped, unimproved alley. The subject parcel has not been used and over the years, has become overgrown with vegetation and low lying tree branches. NEISD would like to create and maintain the area as green space with tables and chairs, for use as a lunch/break area by its employees and visitors; thereby, making it a functional and regularly used parcel of land.
ISSUE:
This ordinance will declare as surplus an unimproved 0.092 of an acre (4,007 sq. ft.) tract of City owned land located near Broadway Street and Tesoro Drive, in Council District 10 and ...
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